Sacked Ministers Paraded As FEC Members Online

The Federal Government is yet to
make necessary changes on the
nation’s official web portal, thirty-
two days after nine ministers were
axed in the first major cabinet
shake-up since President Goodluck
Jonathan’s inauguration on May 29,
2011, Punch findings have shown.
A check yesterday on
www.nigeria.gov.ng reveals that the
names and portfolios of four of the
nine axed ministers were retained as
subsisting members of the Federal
Executive Council. On the portal,
erstwhile Minister of State for
Defence, Olusola Obada, leads the
pack of sacked ministers still being
referred to as cabinet members.
Others include former Minister of
State for Agriculture and Rural
Development, Alhaji Buka Tijani;
Science and Technology, Prof. Okon
Bassey-Ewa; as well as the Minister
of State for Power, Zainab Kuchi,
who were relieved of their positions,
were still being referred to as FEC
members on the portal.
But apart from the official national
portal that still parades axed
ministers as FEC members, some
ministries are also doing the same.
For instance, the Federal Ministry of
the Environment has yet to see
reasons to describe Hajia Hadiza
Mailafa as a former minister on its
website. Both local and foreign
visitors to environment.gov.ng,
hoping to conduct official
businesses with the ministry, would
still read a “Welcome Message’’
written by Mailafa.
On the website of the Ministry of
Defence, mod.gov.ng, Obada’s
photograph appeared conspicuously
on a picture gallery section of the
portal where the profiles of the
management team of the ministry
were uploaded. No mention was
made of the supervising minister for
the ministry, Labaran Maku, who
doubles as the minister of
information.
The Federal Ministry of Foreign
Affairs is also yet to make the
changes on its website,
www.foreignaffairs.gov.ng. On its
list of past and present ministers
who held sway in the ministry,
Olugbenga Ashiru, who was at the
helms until September 11, is still
being referred to as the incumbent.
PUNCH

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